Pedicularis friderici-augusti Tomm.
Synonymy
Taxon info
Pedicularis friderici-augusti is another “royal” species, occurring in the Balkan Peninsula as well as NE & C Italy, being named after “Majestati Friderici Augusti, Saxonum Magnanimi Regis”. In Greece it is restricted to a few limestone mountains in the NE, growing on open rocky slopes generally at 1200–1800 m. It is conspicuous by its densely woolly inflorescence and purplish pink corollas.A
A. Dimopoulos, P., Raus, Th., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, Th., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A. & Tzanoudakis, D. 2013: Vascular plants of Greece: An annotated checklist. 31: p. 360 [Plate 22.9]